Roxanne Baldwin's Artsy Blog

  • As a Crow Flies, Revised

    You know, the latest “As the Crow Flies”, in person, has a nice stark minimalist air to it,much like a white-out snowstorm.  Online, that gets lost.  Since most of my work is seen online, I decided to change it and make it more finished looking.  So, once again, “As the Crow Flies”

  • Hurray! I Got Rejected!

    I finally bit the bullet, and sent out an application to a gallery.  I got a polite note back, saying my work was not a fit for the gallery.  Also, the note said, that my information would be kept on file, in case there was a change. (Yeah, right?) So, why “Hurray!”?  I’m celebrating that…

  • Good Morning!

    Okay, it’s actually 2:15 EST.  It’s snowy out, and I’m having a hard time getting going on a day like today.  However, I was talking about morning, and so I continue. Another ditty…it’s always darkest just before the dawn.  Literally, when I’m awake all night, I can see a grayness in the sky before dawn. …

  • So, That’s Where It’s Going…Dot, dot, dot

    A few years ago, while I still lived in New York City, I did a drawing of a man walking his dog in a snowstorm.  It’s called “January 2nd” because that’s when life gets back to normal, and the holiday stress is gone. I just exhibited this in a local show, here in Danbury.  One…

  • Speaking of Bob Ross…

    As I was working on “Sunday’s Stream of Consciousness”, Dearly Beloved looked at it, and said “You’re no Bob Ross”.  I wasn’t sure what he meant by that, good or bad.  Turns out he meant my trees are not happy, although they do have friends…. So, here it is, a drawing done nearly spontaneously with…

  • Oh NO! It’s Only 2 O’Clock!

    Boy, Sundays can sure drag.  As I wait for Monday, so I can resume my job search, the minutes pass by slowly. I have but one piece of good paper left to do a drawing on.  So, it had better be good. So, here’s the story: Last winter, I went for a walk with some…

  • Words Fail Me

    I’ve been working on a drawing.  First version, I tried to do completely from imagination, and that turned out to be doomed to the trash can.  I should know better by now, that I need good reference pictures to do something believable. Then, good references in hand, I redid the drawing.  This time, I was…

  • It Was a Nice Idea, While it Lasted

    Having a shortage of paper, and a shortage of energy, I decided the best way to keep up with my art, was to do little handmade notecards…much as I did holiday cards for the Winter Boutique.  Something that I could maybe sell for $5 easily at a later show of some sort.  Just relaxing, fun…

  • Richness in the Spartan

    Okay, so, here’s a mostly made up landscape with crows.  I think I managed to keep the horror movie aspect out of it. So, back to thinking of things that are delightful in the dark and the cold.  For instance, I think of the massive sky, that in other seasons, is hidden by and competing…